--- type: "Bill" title: "Surface mining: idle mines." description: "The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, with exceptions, prohibits a person from conducting a surface mining operation unless, among other things, a reclamation plan has been submitted to and approved by the lead agency for the operation. The act requires an operator, within 90 days of a surface mining operation becoming idle, to submit to the lead agency for review and approval, an interim management plan. The act defines idle to mean a curtailment for a period of one year or more of surface mining operations by more than 90% of the operation's previous maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume those surface mining operations at a future date." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 108" citation: "California SB 108 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Surface mining: idle mines."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2011-01-13" last_action: "2011-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7a020a-f4a2-4647-a00b-f1f82c5c2667" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108" source_hash: "5d2c814dc31f382c51b9341b1bff9c1b75885bcf0ca2174c9231ede3893916bf" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 108 (20112012) — Surface mining: idle mines. The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975, with exceptions, prohibits a person from conducting a surface mining operation unless, among other things, a reclamation plan has been submitted to and approved by the lead agency for the operation. The act requires an operator, within 90 days of a surface mining operation becoming idle, to submit to the lead agency for review and approval, an interim management plan. The act defines idle to mean a curtailment for a period of one year or more of surface mining operations by more than 90% of the operation's previous maximum annual mineral production, with the intent to resume those surface mining operations at a future date. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/13/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10899INT) 2. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10898AMD) 3. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10897AMD) 4. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10896AMD) 5. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10895AMD) 6. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10893CHP) 7. **SB108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108) 8. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB108&version=20110SB10894ENR) ## Votes - SB 108 Rubio Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON Amend By DICKINSON Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent #3 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - SB 108 Rubio Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB108 Rubio Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Rubio — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-01-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-01-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13. - **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-23** Set for hearing April 12. - **2011-04-11** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2011-04-12** Set for hearing April 26. - **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 740.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16. - **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-26** (Corrected August 30.) - **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2812.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2406.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 491, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7a020a-f4a2-4647-a00b-f1f82c5c2667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).